Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-08-17

but will not be able to open his office in
Bankers block for several days.
Wallace Bruce carries q nose as
elaborasely striated as any rock exposed
to centuries of glacial work, and it took
only q fraction of a minute to accomplish
the result in the case of his nose. He
dismounted. head downward, from the
back OF q buokipg Texas pony, the saddle
turning IS he was climbing to a seat.
Last night the entire Office force of
the Morrison house worked far into the
night tearing the plastering off the
ceiling of the doing room, preparatory
to having new plaster put on. In the
crowd of laborers was a son of Africa
who slowed dat he nevsh was 80 white
befoh nor since he was 'manoipated,"
The ditch for the extension of the
water mains on Third street is nearly
completed and Fred Donaldson is pre-
pairing to build the house for his water
wheel and electric light machinery.
The rain of the last few days has kept
the ~excavators from working, but 1t has
at the same time softened the ground to
suoh an extent as to make the work
much easier thaa before the rain.
From letter received in Yankton, we
CLEAN the information that Philip
Steinel, q former Yanktonian, commit
ted suicide recently in Sacramento, Cali.
%fornia, by hanging. Eleven years ago
Mr.Setimel was sent to Detroit for a term
of ten years, upon conviction for rape.
After remaining there several years he
was %pardoned out through the inter
position oil Yankton friends. After his
release he went to California.
A local sportsman contends that both
the laws concerning the killing of prairie
chickens see in force and that being SO
conflict, and hence both are annulled
and a man has o right to shoot chickens
at any time in the year. He says that
the Legislature in passing the new law
failed to repeal the old one. After I'M
parting this information he limbs into
a wagon, whistles to his pointer dog and
is off for the roosting place of the prlarie
chicken.
Mrs. Sullivan has spared no pains in
e~ndesyoring to make the coming must
Gale for her pupils at attractive as posi-
bic and she earnestly hopes the parents
aud friends of the children will be pres
ent in generous numbers, as a token of
encouragement to pupils and teacher.
Miss Wheeler, the daughter of our mis-
slonary guest, has kindly consented to
sing and will appear in Turkish costume.
The merits of the other artists who will
assist are too well known to need further
endorsement. Admission 25 cents, chill
dren l5 cents. Doors open at 7:30; eop-
cert begins at 8. See programme in
another column.
O. j. b, Harris writes from Chicago
that the Illinois Central, LIE Mars and
Yankton surveyors reported to the com.
pany that they had found a feasible
route from Le Mars to Yankton and
that the report was to be submitted to
the board of directors in New York to-
day. As the extension project hinged
entirely upon the feasibility of the route
the question may be deemed settled in
favor of the extension. The
secretary of the Yankton board OF
trade went to st. Paul to-day and to-
morrow a meeting of the directors of the
Manitoba will be held there, to consider
matters of interest to thus section. l..
Nj. Purdy has been in St. Paul several
days, and Asel Kyes has just returned.
Messrs, Hanson, Powers, Brennan and
Cravens are in Omaha comforting with
the officers OF the Omaha & Yankton
line relative to their projected road. All
things are moving at once and the
board of trade and other citizens are on
deck with their eyes wide open. Yank-
tons Interests are being we'll looked
after.
Gen. q. I. Campbell, OF Scotland, q
member of the statehood and division
committees, was in this city yesterday
and to-day. In a conversation with him
this morning the general informed us
that OF nine colonels commissioned by
Governor Curtin, of Pennsylvania, at
the outbreak of the rebellion, men who
had been officers in the.war with Mexico,
he is the only survivor. They were as
follows: Brig. Gen. Alex Bays, colonel
of the 63d Pa, Vol, Infantry, killed at
the battle of the Wilderness; Brig. Gen.
O. f. jackson, colonel of the 9th Penna..
reserves, killed at the battle of Fred
r~icksbnrg; 0. Fl. Rippey, colonel of the
6lst Penna,, Vols. killed at Fair Oaks,
-Miller, colonel-regiment Pa,
Vols, killed ct Fair Oaks; Seneca q.
Simmons. colonel 9th Penna., reserves,
killed at Charles City Gross Roads;
Samuel Black, colonel 62d Penna., Vols.
killed at Malvern Hill; Harry BiddIe,
chief OF staff McCalI's division Pa,
reserves, killed at the battle of
Mechanicsyille; Gen. Bsyard, colonel 1st
Penns., cavalry, killed at Fredericksburg.
Gen. q. E. Campbell, the only survivor
of the nine Pennsylvania colonies who
had been commissioned officers in
Mexico, himself received seven severe
wounds at Fair Oaks and Fredericksburg.
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